This lively and innovative work treats a body of literature not previously regarded as a unified genre.
The first professional female writer, Christine de Pizan (1363-1431) was widowed at age twenty-five and supported herself and her family by enlisting powerful patrons for her poetry. Her Livre de la Cité des Dames (1405) is the earliest European work...
This lively and innovative work treats a body of literature not previously regarded as a unified genre.